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Derek Prince
1915–2003 · British
Peter Derek Vaughan Prince (August 14, 1915 – September 24, 2003) was a British Bible teacher and one of the most influential charismatic figures of the 20th century.
The life
Peter Derek Vaughan Prince (August 14, 1915 – September 24, 2003) was a British Bible teacher and one of the most influential charismatic figures of the 20th century. Educated at Eton and King's College Cambridge in classical languages and philosophy (M.A.; Fellow of King's College, 1940), Prince served as a hospital orderly in the British Army during WWII, where he was converted in 1941 in a Pentecostal-influenced Baptist setting.
He served as a missionary educator in Kenya in the 1950s, pastored briefly in London, and from the early 1960s built an international Bible-teaching ministry based first in Florida and later in Jerusalem. He was an early figure in the Charismatic Renewal of the 1960s–1970s and became briefly associated with the "Shepherding Movement" under Bob Mumford, Charles Simpson, Don Basham, and Ern Baxter — an association he later publicly repented of (1986). His final years were spent in Israel; he is buried in Jerusalem.
His teaching catalog includes 50+ books and over 600 audio teaching series translated into 100+ languages; Derek Prince Ministries continues his legacy.
Go further
Read them yourself — the works below are the next step, and the public-domain ones are free to read in full.
- Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose1990
The standard articulation of Prince's covenant-curse-blessing framework; the anchor text for demonology.generational-curses in the MannaFest taxonomy.
- They Shall Expel Demons1998
Prince's mature teaching on deliverance ministry, distilled from decades of practice. The standard charismatic-deliverance handbook in the post-1980s era.
- Foundations of Christian Doctrine / Foundation Series1960
Prince's catechetical-systematic teaching on the foundational doctrines (repentance, faith, baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, eternal judgment — Hebrews 6:1–2 framework).
- The Spirit-Filled Believer's Handbook1993
Prince's mature pneumatology in handbook form.
- Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting1973
Prince's signature work on intercessory prayer at the national/historical level. Influential precursor to the Sheets / Eckhardt / Cindy Jacobs intercession movement.
Why this voice is honored here
*Founder note pending.* Derek Prince is the foundational charismatic-deliverance voice for MannaFest's roster — the ★ anchor for `demonology.generational-curses` per the locked taxonomy. *Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose* (1990) and *They Shall Expel Demons* (1998) are the standard references. Prince's value is methodological discipline: where deliverance ministry is most often anti-intellectual or experience-only, Prince brings Cambridge-trained philosophical rigor and exegetical method. Marcus Brown's audiobook library and shelf catalog include multiple Prince titles. Prince is also one of the few bridge voices who span foundational PD-era discipline (his teaching method is pre-charismatic-renewal in temperament) and contemporary application.